bailiwick

英 ['beɪlɪwɪk]美 ['belə,wɪk]

n. 范围；执行官之职

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bailiwick (n.)

"district of a bailiff," early 15c., baillifwik, from bailiff (q.v.) + Middle English form of Old English wic "village" (see wick (n.2)). Figurative sense of "one's natural or proper sphere" is first recorded 1843.

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